TY - JOUR
T1 - The moral implications of Kierkegaard's analysis of despair
AU - Krishek, Sharon
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PY - 2016/3/1
Y1 - 2016/3/1
N2 - Kierkegaard's The Sickness unto Death famously characterizes despair as the sickness of any human being who does not live a life of faith. Kierkegaard supports this claim by providing a detailed analysis of despair in the first part of this essay. This analysis, I claim, presents the thesis that to be healed of despair is not only to maintain a correct relation to God but also to the world and, moreover, that the two relations are interdependent. Thus, in contrast to prominent readings of this essay, I claim that Kierkegaard's analysis of despair bears the important moral implication that a believer's relationship with other humans is indispensable to a life of faith.
AB - Kierkegaard's The Sickness unto Death famously characterizes despair as the sickness of any human being who does not live a life of faith. Kierkegaard supports this claim by providing a detailed analysis of despair in the first part of this essay. This analysis, I claim, presents the thesis that to be healed of despair is not only to maintain a correct relation to God but also to the world and, moreover, that the two relations are interdependent. Thus, in contrast to prominent readings of this essay, I claim that Kierkegaard's analysis of despair bears the important moral implication that a believer's relationship with other humans is indispensable to a life of faith.
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U2 - 10.1017/S0034412514000511
DO - 10.1017/S0034412514000511
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AN - SCOPUS:84963623024
SN - 0034-4125
VL - 52
SP - 25
EP - 43
JO - Religious Studies
JF - Religious Studies
IS - 1
ER -